Open Space and Economic Development

The Morongo Basin Open Space Group has posted a summary of their Dec. 16 meeting, which focused on "The Role of Open Space in Economic Development."

Open Space Group meeting next Tuesday

The Morongo Basin Open Space Group is meeting next Tuesday, December 16th, from 1 pm to 3pm at the Yucca Valley Community Center, Yucca Room.

The program topic is “The Role of Open Space in Economic Development.”

You can view the Agenda at the MBOSG Website.

Open Space Group focuses on regional trails

From the Morongo Basin Open Space Group:

The Morongo Basin Open Space Group will host its regular bimonthly meeting on Tuesday, October 21, 2008. The meeting program will focus on regional trails and connector opportunities in the Morongo Basin and a pilot community trails project being undertaken in the City of Twentynine Palms. Anne Dove from the Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance Program of the National Park Service will participate, as will representatives from local government agencies, and groups involved in Coachella Valley trails development.

The Morongo Basin Open Space Group was created by local agencies and organizations as a forum to collaboratively protect unique natural landscapes and open spaces in the Basin through regional conservation and land use planning. Protecting the treasures of the Morongo Basin for both residents and visitors helps to keep our desert communities prosperous and vibrant while respecting our night skies, open vistas, and the fragile desert ecosystems of the Basin.

Location: Yucca Room, Yucca Valley Community Center, 57090 29 Palms Highway, at Dumosa Avenue. Time: 1:00 to 3:00 PM.

A portion of the meeting will invite input from local community stakeholders. The meeting is open to the public. For more information on this event, contact Stephanie Weigel at 760.367.5567 or sweigel@sonoran.org.

Open Space Group now has Website

The Morongo Basin Open Space Group, of which MBCA is a member, now has a Website.

The Open Space Group was created by local agencies and organizations as a forum to collaboratively protect our unique natural landscapes and open spaces through regional conservation and lands use planning in the Morongo Basin of California.

On the site may be viewed meeting agendas and summaries and group documents.

BLM Land issues at Open Space Group on Aug. 19

A forum on BLM Land issues with representatives from the Barstow office of the Bureau of Land Management will be on the program at the next Morongo Basin Open Space Group meeting.

MBOSG meetings are scheduled regularly on the third Tuesday every other month and open to public observation, with a stakeholder section at the end of the meetings for public input.

Tuesday, Aug. 19, from 1 to 3 pm at the Yucca Valley Community Center in the Yucca Room.

Open Space Group staffer at Basin Wide Foundation

At the Breakfast Meeting of the Basin Wide Foundation this Thursday:

Stephanie Weigel, Regional Land Use Planner for the Morongo Basin Open Space Group, will facilitate a short community engagement exercise as an introduction to speaking on the Open Space Group’s ongoing collaborative efforts at regional conservation and land use planning for the Morongo Basin. She will discuss Sonoran Institute’s involvement with the Open Space Group, implementation of their 2008 Action Plan, community involvement in the process, and conservation planning goals.

Thursday, July 3, 2008. Helen Gray Center at the Hi Desert Medical Center. Questions: (760) 365-7219.